St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-22


of election in their election districts. respect
lively, and who shall appoint two Qualified elect
of their election districts as clerks OF election
| The election shall be held in such election dis
trct at the place where the last preceding cleo
tion was held, except as hereinafter provided;
but il in any town vote Is taken 10 no'd III else
where, the next ensuing election shall be held at
| the place designated by such vote The city
council OF every incorporated city shall, by
ordinance. appoint the place OF holding the cleo
! tion in each election district in such city; and
| when in any township having over live hundred
electors, the supervisors divide the same into
| two or more election districts, they shall deslg-
nate the boundaries thereon, anu thereafter there
! shall be cleo cd, ut the annual town meeting OF
| such township, three judges OF election, ana two
clerks OF election in each district ana the place
| OF holding election in each district shall he des-
| ignated by said town meeting, or, in default OF
| such designation. shall be appointed by the
judges OF election thereof. Not more than two
| judges anu one clerk OF election, except where
town supervisors and town clerks so act, shall
belong 10 the same political party
SEC 3. The secretary OF state shall. between
| the first days of July and September in each
| year, direct and cause 10 be delivered to the
| auditor of each county, II notice specifying all
| the officers whose term OF Office Will expire on
| the first Tuesday of January, next succeeding,
and specifying. also, the several officers to be
| chosen in such county ut the next general cleo
| tion. The auditor to whom such notice is de-
| livered shall, upon the receipt thereof, cause
| q like notice to be sent to each town and city
| clerk in his county. Every township and city
clerk, at least fifteen DAYS before the holding OF
|
holding of any special election, shall give public
notice of the time and place OF holding such
| election by posting in three public places in
every election district three notices containing
list of the officers TO be elected at such election
one of which notices shall be posted up at the
| place of holding the election. Said notices shall
! contain, ALSO the hours during which the polls
| will be open; provided, that no failure of any
clerk to give such notice aforesaid shall 1nval-
! idate an election.
SEC. 6. The judges of election in each cleo
|
Thousand inhabitants, at least twenty days before
any election shall make list or register OF the
| names of all persons who are entitled to vote in
their respective districts at such election, which
| list shall contain the surnames Of such persons
in their alphabetical order. Three copies of said
list shall, at least ten days before such election
be posted in each election district together with
| a notice of the time and place, when and where
the judges of election will be present for the pnr-
| pose of making corrections in said list The
| said judges of election on Tuesday, two weeks
preceding the election and If necessary, for the
| next three days, from the hour of nine in the
morning until one in the afternoon and, in cities
| containing population OF four Thousand inhab-
itants and upwards in addition thereto, from
the hour of eight to the hour OF ten in the even
| election from nine o'clock in the fore
noon until nine o'clock in the evening,
shall be present at the place appointed
for the holding OF such election, in their respect
| i've election districts, for the purpose Of making
| corrections in said list or register; in max
| ing such corrections, said judges OF election
|
names of all persons properly shown to be en-
| titled to voe at such election, and erase from
| said list or register the names of all persons
properly shown To be not entitled to vote at such
| election. The said judges, on first making out
said lists, shall consult The poll lists used at the
last preceding election in their election district
| and shall place in said lists registers the
names OF those persons whom they know, or
| with reasonable diligence ascertain, TO be en-
titled to vote at such election in their respective
| election districts In making the final correc-
| lions of said lists registers TO ascertain who
| are entitled to vote at such election, the said
| judges shall be governed by the rules and reg
ulations hereinafter for that purpose prescribed
and at such election no person shall vote whose
name is not upon said list register, at the time
| of opening the polls provided that if any person
| Offering to vote, whose name is not on said lists
| or registers. can produce evidence which sa is
| hes the majority of the judges that he has the
qualifications of an elec5or in said district, and
| is entitled to vote at such election, but whose
| name has been acciden tally omitted from said
| lists or registers, then the name of such person
shall be added to the lists or registers and he
shall be allowed to vote; nor shall the vote of
| any person be rejected whose name is upon
said lists at the time of opening the polls: pro-
vided, that if evidence satisfying ma
| Jorlty of the judges be produced,
| showing that the name was registered
| by mistake and that the person so offering to
| vote has not the qualifications of an eiector in
said district, and is not entitled to vote at such
election, then the name OF such person shalI'be
| stricken from said list and he shall not be al
lowed to vote; but in all such cases an entry
shall be made opposite to each name added to.
Or stricken from. said lists registers after the
opening Of the polls and the judges of election
| shall make, or cause to be made a duplicate of
said lists or registers so that there shall be two
| registers or lists at every election
! SEC z. Provided that any person being an
inmate of any soldiers home in this state shall,
| for the purposes OF this act, have a legal resi-
| dence thereat. The judges of election in deter
mining the residence of any person, for the bur-
pose OF ascertaining who are qualified electors,
shall be governed by the following rules SO far as
| they are applicable:
| First-That place shall be considered and held
| to be the residence Of person in which his hab
| ltatlon is liked without any present intention of
| removing therefrom, and to, which whenever he
is ahseutshe has the intention Of returning.
Second-A person shall NOT be considered to
have last his residence who leaves his home to go
| into another state. OF county in this state for
| temporary purposes merely, and with the inten-
! ton of returning.
| Third-A person shall not be considered to
| have gained residence in any county into
which he comes for temporary purposes merely,
| without the intention OF making such county his
! home.
Fourth-If person go into another state, with
the Intention OF making it his residence, he loses
| his residence in this state.
F1fth-lf a person remove to another state
| with the intention of remaining there for an
indefinite time, as place Of residence. he loses
his residence in this state. Notwithstanding he
| entertalns the idea Of returning at some future
| time
Sixth-The place where mans family resides
shall be held to be his place of residence but it
1t be a place OF temporary establishment for his
family, or for transient purposes it shall be 9TH
erwise.
Seventh-If a man have a family fixed in one
place, and he do business in another. the
former shall be considered his place OF residence
but any man having family, who has taken up
| his abode with the intention Of remaining and
whose family refuses to reside with him. shall
be regarded as q citizen and voter where he has
taken up his abode.
Eighth-The mere intention to acquire new
! residence. without the fact of removal, shall
avail nothing, neither shall the fact of
removal without the intention. And no
| person employed temporarily in the
| structlon or repair OF any railroad, canal or
| other work of a public nature. shall acquire
a residence in any election precinct
| into which he came for that purpose SO as to
entitle him to vote therein: but this provision
shall not be held to extend to station agents,
section men who permanently reside in such
election precinct. In any question that may
| arise as to the right OF any person in the en-
| ployment of any railroad corporation to be reg
istered, or to vote, in any election precinct, it
must first satisfactorily appear to all the judges
of said election that the said party is an actual
| bona fide resident of said election district, and
| not there for temporary purposes merely: and
| the mere affidavit OF such person shall not be
| received as conclusive as to any fact necessary
| to entitle him to vote.
| SEC s If either of the judges Of election of
any election district shall tail to attend at the
| time and place appointed for correcting the
lists or registers. or holding an election.
! or If either Of said judges be can
! didate at such election. or refuse to act
as judge, the qualified electors of sucn election
district present shall elect viva voce some quail
| he'd elector OF said election district to act as
| judge instead OF such Judge so absent, disquali-
fed or refusing to act; and it any clerk of cleo
ton be absent, disqualified or refuse to act, the
| judges OF election shall appoint some qualified
| elecJor in place OF such clerk, and before any
Judge or clerk OF election enters upon the dis
charge of the duties imposed upon him by this
| chapter he shall take and subscribe the follow
ing oath, to wit:
Il, A. B. Judge or clerk of the election, as the